Parachute device for kites.



No. 764,749. PATENTED JULY 12, 1904. E. MORAVEK.

PARAGHUTE DEVICE FOR KITBS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Inventor 5217mm Mom V/K Attorney I No. 764,749.

Patented July 12, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT @EEicE.

EDIVARD MORAVEK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PARACHUTE DEVICE FDR KITES- SPEGIFICA TION forming part of LettersPatent No. 764,749, dated July 12, 1904.

Application filed November 19,1903. Serial No. 181,845. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD MORAVEK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of .Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Parachute Devices forKites; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription-of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertaius to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in parachute devices for kites. I

The object of the invention is to provide device for carrying aparachute up a kitestring and releasing or discharging the same into theair at a determined point along said string.

A. further object is to provide a device of this character which will belight in weight and on which may be mounted suitable mechanism by whichthe parachute carried thereby will be released and discharged into theair, a stop of suitable construction being arranged at a desired pointon the string to actuate the releasing mechanism.

ith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlargeddetail perspective view of the device.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes a kite, which maybe of any form desired.

2 denotes the cord or string by which the kite is held. At a suitablepoint on the kite cord or string is arranged a stop, which is here shownas a disk 3, through the center of which the cord is passed, knots beingformed in the cord on each side of the disk to hold the same inplace.

The parachute-carrying device 4, which is adapted to be engaged with thekite-string and run up the same, consists of a light open V- shapedframe 5, formed on its upper ends with bearing openings 6, above whichare formed guide-eyes 7, through which the kitestring is passed tosupport the device.

Between the side pieces of the frame 5 is arranged a thin strip 6, whichforms a brace to hold said side pieces in proper position. Near theupper end of one of the side pieces is fixed a pair of fingers 7 tosupport a pin 8, laid crosswise thereon and to which is secured the endof a parachute-holding cord 9, at the opposite end of which is securedthe parachute 10.

In order that the parachute may be discharged from the carrier at theproper time, a suitable releasing mechanism is employed, which consistsof a rod or bar 12, slidably mounted in the bearing-openings 6. One endof the rod 12 is bent upwardly, as at 13, and on said upwardly-bent endis formed an eye 14, through which the kite-cord passes. The oppositeend of the rod 12 is bent downwardly to form a trip-lug 15 to slidebetween the fingers 7 and displace said pin 8.

The parachute 10 may be of any form desired, but is here shown as formedof a hemispherical shell, which may be constructed of any light materialand ornamented or inscribed in any suitable manner. To the parachute issecured the holding-cord 9, the opposite end of which is connected tothe pin 8, supported upon the fingers 7. A balancing weight or ballast16 is arranged on the cord 9, of suflicient weight to right theparachute after the same is released from the carrier and maintain theequilibrium of the same during its descent to the ground.

In operation the carrier is placed on the kite-cord and is carried bythe wind which engages the parachute up the cord until the upwardly-bentend 13 of the releasing-rod 12 strikes the stop-disk 3. The force ofthis contact will push the rod 12 rearwardly, thereby causing thedownwardly-bent end of said rod to force the holding-pin 8 off the endsof the fingers 7, and thereby releasing the holdingcord of theparachute, which will then drop. The balancingweight 16 on the cord willcause the parachute to be righted and will so hold the same while it isdescending to the ground. As soon as the parachute has been released thecarrier-frame will return to the ground, as there is nothing connectedto the same now to catch the wind. While a parachute has been describedas being carried up the kite-cord and released, it Will be obvious thatother objectssuch as toys, advertising matter, and the likcmay be alsosent up and released, thus providing a novel wayof distributing suchmatter.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A trolley device for kite-cords having spaced fingers forming a fork,a supporting device adapted to rest upon said fingers, an elevatingelement connected to said supporting device, and a trip device to engageand release said supporting device from said fingers.

2. A trolley device for kite-cords having a fork formed by spacedfingers, a pin resting crosswise upon said fingers, an elevating elementadapted to be connected to said pin, and a trip device having a portionmoving between said fingers in front of said pin and adapted to moverearwardly to force the pin off the fork, substantially as described.

3. A trolley device for kite-cords having spaced fingers forming a fork,a pin resting transversely on said fingers, an elevating elementconnected to said pin, and a trip device having a bent end projectingdown between said fingers in front of said pin and adapted when movedrearwardly to displace the pin, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

EDWARD MORAVEK.

Witnesses:

FRANK STEISKAL, JOHN L. NovAK.

